-philia Definition
filēə, filyə
suffix
Tendency toward.
Hemophilia.
American Heritage
Attraction to or preference for.
Anglophilia.
American Heritage
Abnormal attraction to.
Necrophilia.
American Heritage
(pathology) Forming words meaning "an abnormal liking for or tendency towards a given thing". See paraphilia.
Wiktionary
affix
Tendency toward.
Hemophilia.
Webster's New World
Strong or abnormal attraction to.
Anglophilia, coprophilia.
Webster's New World
noun
Friendship (translating Greek φιλία in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics)
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(countable) A psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something.
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Other Word Forms of -philia
Noun
Singular:
-philia
Plural:
philiasOrigin of -philia
New Latin from Greek -philiā -philos -phile -iā -ia
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Ancient Greek φιλία (philia, “(fraternal) love").
From Wiktionary
ModL < Gr philia, fondness
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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